Neuromyths in Education: Prevalence and Predictors of Misconceptions among Teachers
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What it found
Teachers interested in the brain believed about half of fifteen common neuromyths on average, particularly myths tied to commercial education programs. Teachers who knew more general facts about the brain were more likely, not less, to believe the myths.
What kind of study it is
- Design
- Descriptive study
- Weight
- Adds context: a review or a weaker design, which doesn't move a card's rating on its own.
- Sample
- 242 primary and secondary teachers in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands interested in neuroscience
- Who
- School-age children (K–12)
- Limits
- A survey of teachers' beliefs, not a test of whether any myth is true.
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doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00429
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Dekker, S., Lee, N. C., Howard-Jones, P., & Jolles, J. (2012). Neuromyths in education: Prevalence and predictors of misconceptions among teachers. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, Article 429. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00429
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